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The Sentencing Academy has a range of events taking place this year.

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Mental Health and
Sentencing

6 Mar, 14:00 – 15:30
Room LMB/002A Law & Sociology Building,
East Campus, University of York, York
YO10 5GD, UK

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Mental Health and
Sentencing

6 Mar, 14:00 – 15:30
Room LMB/002A Law & Sociology Building,
East Campus, University of York, York
YO10 5GD, UK

In conjunction with University of York.
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Take a look at what the Sentencing Academy have been involved with recently and what we have planned.

News

The Sentencing Academy Thesis Prize

The Sentencing Academy is pleased to announce a new annual prize for the best Masters level dissertation...

Public Knowledge of Sentencing Practice and Trends

The Sentencing Academy has published a new report exploring public understanding of sentencing in England and...

Intoxication and Sentencing: January 2022

By Dr Carly Lightowlers   • Intoxication resulting from substance use commonly features as a contributory...

New Trustee Appointments

We are seeking to appoint three new Trustees to our Board of Trustees to join our existing four members:...

Key trends in the use of the principal sentences, 2009-2019

We have published the first publication in our new series of statistical bulletins. The bulletin examines the...

Ethnicity and Custodial Sentencing: June 2021

By Julian V. Roberts and Jonathan Bild   • Over the past 30 years a number of official reports have...

Community Orders: March 2021

By Dr Eoin Guilfoyle   • The Community Order (CO) is one of the non-custodial sentencing options available to...

Out Of Court Disposals: February 2021

By Cerys Gibson   • Out of court disposals (OOCDs) have long been viewed by advocates to be an efficient and...

The Effectiveness Of Sentencing Options: January 2021

By Melissa Hamilton   • Reducing re-offending is one of five key sentencing objectives in England and...

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Consultation Responses

Response to Sentencing Council consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline
14Aug

Response to Sentencing Council consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline

Response to Sentencing Council consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline
03Sep

Response to Sentencing Council consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline    …

Responses to Sentencing Council consultations on sexual offences guideline and burglary offences
19Aug

Responses to Sentencing Council consultations on sexual offences guideline and burglary offences

The Sentencing Academy has submitted responses to the Sentencing Council’s consultations on the sexual offences guideline.     View sexual…

Response to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
26Mar

Response to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

On 9 March 2021, the Ministry of Justice published the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which will introduce many…

Response to the Sentencing Council’s modern slavery offences consultation
08Jan

Response to the Sentencing Council’s modern slavery offences consultation

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on a guideline for modern slavery offences.  …

Response to the Sentencing Council’s unauthorised use of a trade mark consultation
29Sep

Response to the Sentencing Council’s unauthorised use of a trade mark consultation

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on a guideline for unauthorised use of a…

Response to the Sentencing Council’s assault offences consultation
14Sep

Response to the Sentencing Council’s assault offences consultation

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on an updated guideline for assault offences. Assault…

Response to ‘What next for the Sentencing Council?’ consultation
08Sep

Response to ‘What next for the Sentencing Council?’ consultation

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s ‘What next for the Sentencing Council?’ consultation    …